Lime Rock Historic Festival
If it’s Labor Day weekend that means it’s time for the Lime Rock Historic Festival. One of my hands down, all-time favorite events. This year’s edition is the 41st running of vintage racing at The Rock and in addition to featuring Chrysler cars, will honor collector Lawrence Auriana, as well as celebrate 100 years of MGs including featured races and Concours classes. More than racing, there’s also automobilia concessions, book signings, featured speakers, and more…
The Saint Lives On
I have several memories of the Volvo P1800. The first is of a pale blue model owned by a neighbor during my high school years in SoCal. It looked pretty exotic to a car crazy teenager and always thought I’d like to own one someday. The second, and equally enduring memory is of the character Simon Templar (played by the irrepressible Roger Moore) tooling around in his 1800—a great car for a suave super agent…
Almost Perfect—The 1975 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
After years of trying and finishing second in the World Championship for Makes in 1974, Alfa Romeo finally took the title in 1975 with Tipo 33 TT/12 winning seven out of the eight races contested that year. The Delta Auto designed 1975 Tip0 33 TT/12 sported a three litre, flat 12 making 500 bhp with an F1 style air box intake, added the year before at the Monza 1000 km event. Withe the engine n…
Goodbye Greenwich
The Event—Well, the 2023 edition of the annual Greenwich Concours has come and gone. Overall, it was a great show with event owner Hagerty trying something new by having a Concours d’Sport on Saturday and the more traditional Concours d’Elegance on Sunday. As expected, when someone comes in and tinkers with one of the classic car shows, there’s bound to be some push-back. I get it. Change isn’t always accepted well but, from my perspective,…
Enzo’s Revenge
After getting thumped by the Ford GT40s in the 1966 edition of the 24 Hours of LeMans, Ferrari went back to work on their 330 intent on pay back. The Prancing Horse crew returned the favor to Ford by finishing 1-2-3 at the 1967 running of the Daytona 24 Hours with drivers Chris Amon and Lorenzo Bandini bring home the win in the #23 car. Arguably the most beautiful race car ever built, the 330…
Greenwich Concours 2023
2023 will mark my last year exhibiting at the Greenwich Concours as I begin winding down my traveling days. It’s been a ton of fun over the past 10 years. I’ve meet some wonderful people, made a great many new friends, got to spend time with old ones, and generally had the time of my life. But it’s never good to overstay one’s welcome and I’d like to spend more time with my grandkids before…
Greenwich Concours 2023 Exhibit Catalog
If you can’t make it to this year’s Greenwich Concours, you can at least browse through my exhibit catalog and see what I’ll be showing this year. As you might expect, things are heavy on the Shadow and Light side of things (Ferrari 312, Corvette Gand Sport, Porsche 917K, Porsche 356 Anniversary Edition), but I’m also bring canvas prints (BMW 2002 and Datsun 240Z), a couple of brushed aluminum pieces (C2 Corvette and Jaguar XKE),…
The Mighty Porsche 917K
The Once and Still Undisputed Champ. Arguably one of the most iconic race cars in the history of motorsport, the Porsche 917’s conception stemmed from an unexpected change to Commission Sportive Internationale in its sanctioning rules when it announced a new Group 4 sports car series that allowed engine displacements of up to 5.0 litres, but required at least 25 units be produced for homologation. Despite the FIA’s doubts, Porsche presented the FIA with 25…
Amelia In the Rearview Mirror
Even the Best of Plans… Show events always have some elements of unpredictability in them. Lots of variables—transportation, travel, set-up, tear-down—and, try as one might, it’s simply not possible, despite the best planning, to cover all of the bases completely. Case in point—this year’s Amelia Concours. After months of planning, loading and reloading the ABS containers to make sure they were evenly packed, going through my pre-event check list, curating the exhibit art, and generally…